then
IPA: ðˈɛn
noun
- That time
- A surname.
adjective
- Being so at that time.
adverb
- (temporal location) At that time.
- (temporal location) Soon afterward.
- (sequence) Next in order of place.
- In addition; also; besides.
- (conjunctive) In that case.
- (sequence) At the same time; on the other hand.
- (UK, dialect, affirmation) Used to contradict an assertion.
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Examples of "then" in Sentences
- And then, and _then_, here's the best part, I got an email from Rahab/Christine!
- If McCain wins and then bombs, *then* Hillary becomes a formidable candidate again.
- I used to get up at 4am do 2 hours of pilates, then go to work 60 hours a week..then record in the evenings..then ride a bike.
- Little things: packing, final bills, actually moving, then cleaning the place, then getting a job IMMEDIATELY so I can do it all over again.
- Tell you what, Mac: when he learns to spell your last name correctly, perhaps _then_ we can contemplate placing the fate of the world in his hands, but not before then.
- And then the whole blame game thing just cracks me up they are ridiculous..then they are gona take off a few days and meet again on Thurs…so they will all be vacationing in Marthas Vineyard while the country falls apart. mario de la ossa
- I was sort of walking past Cathay with my mind kind of blank apart for “argh parkmall =/= parklane” and then I looked at her because she looked kind of pretty and then I noticed she was looking at me, and then I realized she looked kind of familiar, and then
- But he was cheating on his wife with the secretary whom he then threatened when she tried to break it off and *then* he tried to cut a deal with the school board essentially offering to *not* drag people's reputations through the mud if they gave him a free pass.
- They need to build that party a little more, win some more local elections, get a supply of candidates and then run them for Congress, etc with experience and records to point to, and a broader support base, and *then* they will be credible on the national stage.
- I had literally sat down to my first interview, when patchy and intermittent phone calls started coming in, first from our base in London, then from HQ in Atlanta: a plane had crashed into the WTC….it may have been an accident…still checking…..then a second plane…..and suddenly it was all systems go.
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